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Duco to Open Asia Office, Enhance Product Offering After $28 Million Investment
The investment will help Duco grow its staff by about 140 percent and incorporate machine-learning tools into its offering.
Vanguard Pilots Blockchain for Index Data Management
While blockchain has not quite lived up to its hype as the replacement for almost every part of the trading lifecycle, financial firms are finding it useful in managing some of the “less-sexy” and data-heavy processes that most firms have to carry out…
Northfield Info Bows News Analytics-Based Risk Model Data
The new service will deliver more accurate predictive risk models without any changes on the part of clients, officials say.
AFTAs 2017: Best AI Technology Initiative—FIS
Control Centre uses a combination of traditional workflow rules and RPA.
AFTAs 2017: Best Collaboration Initiative—SS&C Advent and Maitland
The collaboration led to the integration of the firms' seperate data management solutions.
AFTAs 2017: Best Front-Office Initiative—State Street Global Exchange
The Quantextual Idea Lab blends AI with human expertise.
AFTAs 2017: Best Communications Infrastructure Provider—IPC Systems
Unigy has become a standard tool for communication across market participants.
BSO Buys Apsara, Gets PE Funding
The deal will help BSO expand its low-latency network offerings in the key financial centers of New York and Chicago.
Apcela Adds COO, Funding
Dziak has almost 30 years' experience in technology management, business development and consulting roles.
Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 103: Mifid II is Now Law; How to Apply for the Women in Data & Tech Awards
Anthony and James take a look back on the week that was in Mifid II and give insights on how best to apply for the Women in Data & Tech Awards.
MarketPsych Posts Cryptocurrency Sentiment Indexes
The behavioral analysis vendor has released a series of 43 “indexes” designed to provide sentiment scores for specific aspects of cryptocurrencies that investors can use to pick potential investments in the growing digital currency markets. Max Bowie…
Law & Disorder: US Preps Defense Against Mifid II
As Mifid II's deadline approaches, US firms affected by the rules are still waiting for regulators to resolve crucial conflicts between European and American laws, and are likely to be making adjustments well after the deadline has passed, reports…
Best of 2017: The Top Trends
John takes a look at some of 2017's key trends, including regulation, cybersecurity and artificial intelligence.
ADVFN Adds CME Bitcoin Data
ADVFN has made bitcoin futures data from CME available on its websites, which the vendor says serve four million registered users.
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2017: Best Buy-Side Data Management Product—IHS Markit
EDM serves 210 members of the financial services industry
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2017: Best Buy-Side OMS—IHS Markit
thinkFolio has become a tool to understand and keep pace of different investment products
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2017: Best Buy-Side Market Surveillance Tool/Platform—Moody’s Analytics
Moody's Portal has attracted more than 120 financial services firms over the last three years.
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2017: Best Buy-Side TCA Tool—Tradeweb Markets
Tradeweb’s competitive advantage lies in that as an execution venue, it has its own propriety pricing mechanism
Former JPM Asset Management CDO Glasser Joins FRG to Build Data Practice
Glasser will bring her 30 years of experience in finance, technology, data and regulatory compliance to FRG to build a data practice.
EPFR's Ringrose Moves to Wall Street Horizon
Ringrose joins the events data provider after a decade at Informa-owned EPFR, following stints at Reuters and Bridge.
Open Platform: Starting Blocks and Auction Blocks - The Importance of a Strong Start and Finish in Setting Prices
Oliver Albers, vice president of Global Information Services at Nasdaq, argues the case for the value of opening and closing auction processes, and the value of the data they create.
November 2017: The Risks of Over-Optimism, From Mifid to Messaging
More complex regulatory and competitive environments inevitably create more complicated data requirements.
Intrinio Taps Quodd for Nasdaq Data
The combination of Quodd's APIs and datafeed technology with Intrinio's interface and SDKs make it easier for individual and enterprise users to access Nasdaq Basic data.
Barchart Enhances Free API Offering
The vendor is looking to take advantage of the gap left by Yahoo Finance, which has discontinued its API service.